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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 50970

Inspection of the inside of a ureter, the tube draining urine from a kidney to the bladder, using a scope passed through an opening made in the ureter during an operation. It is a look only, with no treatment carried out through the scope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$2,041

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,041 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$437 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$933 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,365Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $347 to $661
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,479professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $2,041 · 41st of 50
ME $7,734WV $736

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.